Maximum number of miles from which all Five Acre Farms products come: 275

Number of hours it typically takes Five Acre Farms milk to go from cow to bottle: 8 (sometimes even 4)

Number of hours it typically takes our milk to go from cow to shelf: 36

Number of cows in the herd when the McEachron family (our first farmers) began dairy farming in upstate New York more than a century ago: 12

Number of cows in the McEachrons’ herd today: 350

Number of breeds in the herd today (a mix accounting for higher
butterfat and calcium counts): 3 (Holstein, Jersey and Holstein-Jersey crossbreeds)

Percentage of our cows’ diet that is grass: 90

Number of minutes you have to spend hand shaking Five Acre Farms Heavy Cream in a small glass container to make your own butter at home: 20

Five Acre Farms. Positively Local.

(With credit and thanks to Harper’s)